Day 11 - John Rutter: Carol of the Magi (2015)
John Rutter's Carol of the Magi was commissioned in 2015 by Red Balloon, an organisation dedicated to the recovery of children who have experienced bullying, trauma, mental ill-health or have social, emotional and mental health needs. The work tells the story of the wise men’s journey to Bethlehem. It is an Epiphany carol beautifully set for solo cello, baritone voice, chorus and orchestra.
We rode all night through fields of darkness
Our guiding light, the eastern stars
We came to Bethlehem, we all were weary
We'd traveled far that night, we'd traveled far
We'd traveled far
We heard that here we'd find Messiah
Foretold by seers from days of old
We looked for palaces, we found a stable
Could it be here, so bare and cold?
So bare and cold?
We entered in and there we saw him
It seemed we'd known him from long before
A child like any child, yet somehow different
The face of every child, in him we saw
The face of every child, we saw
We brought him gifts and now we offer them
We knelt down low in silent prayer
With eyes that seem to know both joy and sadness
The child looked down as we knelt there
The child looked down as we knelt there
So long ago, yet, I remember
That child who lay at Mary's knee
How strange that every child seemed so much like him
He is the face I seem to see
He is the face I seem to see
John Rutter: Carol of the Magi (2015) - Gabriel Crouch (baritone), Tim Gill (cello), the Cambridge Singers & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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